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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Anderson Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Diamond Phillips (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Phillips's choice of entrance music: Motorhead-King of Kings. This should be fireworks!
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205 lbs
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215 lbs
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BJJ Brown Belt
Great elbows
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Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Anderson Silva!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
10 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, Diamond Phillips!
The judges for this bout are Jonathan Paton, Bruno Lombardi and Joseph Jones.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Silva lands an overhand right.
Diamond Phillips seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Phillips ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Silva moves away.
Silva takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
It looks like Anderson Silva has been cut.
Silva lands a jab to the head.
Silva takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Silva slips a straight right by Phillips.
Silva throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Silva wants to clinch.
Phillips tries to close the distance and clinch up but Silva swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Phillips throws a hook to the side of Silva's head but Silva sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
A punch lands to the side of Phillips 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Phillips throws a body punch but Silva moves out of range.
Phillips misses with a body shot
and Silva counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A telegraphed right hand from Silva misses the target.
Silva lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Silva throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Phillips is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Silva takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Silva connects with an inside leg kick.
Silva buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
A thudding body kick lands there by Silva!
Silva scores with a jab.
Nice jab there from Silva.
Silva is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Phillips looks to land a left hand but Silva moved out of range nicely.
Silva keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Phillips.
Silva scores with a sloppy right hand. Phillips should have avoided that one.
Silva wants to clinch up but Phillips keeps it at a distance.
Silva moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Phillips throws a looping overhand right but Silva ducks down to avoid it.
Silva throws a head kick that misses.
Silva lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Phillips jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Phillips loads up on a big right hand but Silva slips the punch.
Phillips misses with a jab, cross combination.
A nice leg kick lands there from Silva.
Silva with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Phillips lands with a nice combination. Silva backs away looking to recover.
Phillips throws a leg kick
and Silva counters with a low kick, right behind Phillips 's knee.
Silva lands with a thumping leg kick.
Phillips looks gassed!
Silva thumps Phillips with a low kick.
Silva moves into the clinch.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Silva just misses with a elbow thrown towards Phillips's brow.
Phillips wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Silva tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Silva utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Silva tries to pull guard but Phillips holds him up against the cage and eventually Silva drops back down to his feet.
Silva looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Silva tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Silva lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Silva misses with an elbow strike.
Silva tries to land a knee to the head but Phillips blocks with his arms.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Silva is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Silva escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Phillips takes a jab right on the kisser.
A head kick from Silva lands but Phillips takes it in his stride.
Phillips throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Phillips takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Silva connects with a right hand. Phillips shakes it off.
Silva bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Phillips's head backwards.
Phillips misses with a hook. Silva ducked under it nicely.
Phillips lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Phillips misses with a lunging right hand
and Silva counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Phillips is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Phillips misses with a lunging right hand
and Silva cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
A slapping body kick lands there for Silva.
Silva chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Phillips misses with a leg kick
and Silva counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Silva lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva throws a head kick that Phillips semi-blocks.
Phillips takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Decent striking displayed by Silva there.
Nice shot by Silva.
Silva scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Silva buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Silva's corner calls for a 1-2. Silva obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Silva is looking to slow Phillips down with leg kicks.
Silva fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
That kick from Silva tenderised Phillips's leg. Phillips is trying to keep his angry face on.
Silva throws a head kick that half lands.
Silva lands a nice shot to the body.
Silva throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Silva moves into range and clinches up with Phillips.
Silva lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Silva lands an elbow just above Phillips 's eye.
Silva trying to land knees to the body.
A knee to the head by Silva.
Silva unloads a knee to the mid-section.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Silva with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Silva crunches a lovely knee into Phillips's ribcage.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Silva obliges.
Phillips avoids the elbow strike from Silva, against the cage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silva lands an elbow inside.
Phillips stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Silva blocking some punches.
Silva lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Silva decides to pull guard.
Silva looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Silva escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Phillips gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Silva is looking for a triangle but Phillips pushes his legs off easily.
Silva throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Silva has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Phillips can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Phillips stands up from Silva's guard - Phillips perhaps looking for a knockout.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Anderson Silva dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Anderson Silva's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Silva throws a front kick that sends Phillips stumbling back into the cage.
Good shot there by Silva.
Phillips misses with a left hand
and Silva counters with a straight right hand.
Silva throws a quick inside leg kick.
Phillips has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Silva.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Phillips crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Silva - the referee stops the clock and Phillips gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Silva. Phillips manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
The fight stays on the outside here - Silva looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Silva. Phillips shrugs it off though.
Silva tries a head kick but it misses.
Phillips fails in his attempt to clinch.
Silva feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Phillips's calf.
Phillips's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Phillips misses the jab.
Silva thows a body kick. Phillips tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Silva wants to clinch
and Phillips counters with a two punch combo.
Silva throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Phillips is breathing heavily.
Silva connects with a leg kick. Phillips looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Phillips has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Silva.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Phillips misses with an uppercut
and Silva counters with an outside leg kick.
Phillips misses with a lunging right hand
and Silva counters with a nice leg kick.
Silva fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Phillips.
Silva has closed the distance and engaged Phillips in a clinch.
Silva misses with an elbow over the top.
A short right from Phillips.
Silva tries to pull guard but Phillips won't allow it.
Silva gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Silva landing knees to the head.
Silva lands a good knee to the midsection. Phillips won't want to take too many of those.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Silva obliges.
Silva gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Silva with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Silva jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Phillips walks away with a smile on his face. Silva gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Good leg kick by Silva there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Phillips takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Silva smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Phillips looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Silva turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Silva connects with a crisp jab.
Silva lands an overhand right.
Phillips takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Silva tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheers as Silva lands an impressive looking overhand right. Phillips doesn't seem phased though.
Silva connects with a leg kick. Phillips looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A nice inside leg kick there by Silva. That's going to slow Phillips down.
Phillips takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Phillips swings widly with a right hand
and Silva counters with a good low kick that Phillips was not able to check.
A chopping leg kick lands by Silva.
Silva tries to clinch up but Phillips circles away and keeps his distance.
A chopping leg kick lands by Silva.
Silva pushes Phillips up against the cage in a clinch.
Silva tries to land knees in the clinch but Phillips avoids the damage to the body.
Silva misses with a knee strike.
Silva lands an elbow that stopped Phillips in his tracks for a moment.
Phillips swings wildly with an uppercut but Silva uses good head movement to avoid it.
Phillips avoids a wild elbow strike from Silva.
Phillips goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Phillips lands an uppercut.
Silva tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Silva lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Phillips stalling against the cage.
Phillips tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Silva with a knee to the head.
Silva lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A shot in the inside from Phillips.
Phillips misses with a punch to the body.
Phillips blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Phillips avoiding damage as Silva throws knees to the body.
Silva tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Anderson Silva. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Phillips goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Phillips has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Silva comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Silva is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Phillips can do to turn this around?
Silva with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Phillips throws a punch but it's blocked by Silva.
Phillips tries to stall but Silva uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Phillips avoids the elbow strike from Silva, against the cage.
Phillips lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Phillips lands with a light punch inside.
Silva lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Phillips lands a right hand that snaps the head of Silva backwards.
Phillips lands with a short shot to the head.
Phillips wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Silva has him pressed against the cage.
Silva escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Phillips lands with a hook. Silva tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Anderson Silva is winning the standup battle so far.
Phillips smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Phillips walks forward, straight into a front kick from Silva.
Silva lands a really nice looking cross but Phillips seems unphased.
Silva has taken the fight to the clinch.
Silva with a knee to the head.
Silva connects with a nasty looking knee right to Phillips's face.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The referee calls for Phillips to work.
Phillips working aggressively here.
Silva pushes off an throws an elbow but Phillips leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Phillips tries a body shot but Silva blocks it.
Phillips blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Phillips lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Silva wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Phillips has him pressed against the cage.
Phillips manages to break the clinch.
Silva uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Phillips.
Silva uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Phillips.
Silva lands a jab.
Silva connects with an inside leg kick.
Phillips misses with a lunging right hand
and Silva counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
Silva scores with a nice strike.
Silva wants to clinch.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Phillips lands an overhand right.
Phillips misses with a hook.
Phillips is looking to clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Anderson Silva dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Anderson Silva's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!
Silva scores with a jab to the jaw.
Silva throws a nice inside leg kick.
Phillips misses with a combination
and Phillips takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Silva lands with a thumping leg kick.
Phillips loads up on a big right hand but Silva slips the punch.
Silva listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Phillips misses with the combination.
Phillips misses with an uppercut
and Silva counters with a solid body kick.
Phillips takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Silva fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Phillips has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Silva throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
A solid leg kick lands there for Silva.
Nice cross by Silva.
Phillips on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Phillips takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Phillips thows a body shot but no joy.
Nice cross by Silva.
Silva throws a leg kick which misses Phillips's front leg but catches the back leg as Phillips tries to avoid it.
Silva throws a nice outside leg kick.
Silva looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva lands with a nice body punch.
Silva throws a sloppy head kick and Phillips moves out of range easily.
Phillips on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Silva. Silva obviously looking to wear him down.
Silva lets loose with a powerful body kick. Phillips will feel that in the morning.
Phillips misses with a combination
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
A head kick from Silva lands but Phillips takes it in his stride.
Silva throws a quick inside leg kick.
Phillips has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Silva.
Silva instigates a clinch.
Phillips dodges an elbow strike from Silva.
Phillips takes an elbow to the temple.
Silva connects with a nasty looking knee right to Phillips's face.
Silva lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Phillips is looking to control Silva's arms but Silva gets an underhook and turns him. Now Phillips has his back to the cage.
Silva lands a nice elbow.
Silva connects with a knee to the head.
Silva drags the fight down to the ground.
Silva looking for a triangle here. Phillips is fighting it but it looks tight! Silva pulls the arm across and this one won't last much longer! Nope, Phillips is tapping out - this one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:02 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle Choke). Anderson Silva!
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